Peanut-shelling machine.



J. T. HUSTON.

PEANUT SHELLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.1, 1913.

Patented July 14, 1914.

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JOHN T. HUSTON, 0F HENDERSON, TEXAS.

PEANUT-SHELLING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914.

Application filed December 1, 1913. Serial No. 804,005.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN T. Hnsron, a citizen of the United States, residing at Henderson, in the county of Rusk, State of Texas, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Peanut- Shelling Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in peanut shelling machines.

One object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character which can be readily adjusted for different sizes an grades of nuts.

Another object is to provide a device of this character in which the tension between the cylinder and concave can be quickly and easily regulated.

Other objects and advantages will'be ap-' parent from the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved peanut shelling machine. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank which forms the concave.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents a suitable housing in which is journaled a transverse shaft 11, and fixed on this shaft is the shelling cylinder 12. The outer face of this cylinder carries a plurality of longitudinal corrugations 13. The cylinder may be made of any suitable material, as wood, iron or the like. These corrugations may be formed integrally with the cylinder or secured thereon in any suitable manner. Pivotally mounted on the upper portion of the housing, above the cylinder is a downwardly inclined feed board 14, this board resting on a transverse supporting strip 15, which strip is secured at its ends to the side walls of the housing, above the cylinder. Pivotally mounted in the upper portion of the housing but at the opposite end to that at which the board 14 is pivoted, is a downwardly and inwardly inclined feed board 16. Extending transversely under the board 16 is a bearing strip 17 which is engaged by the lower end of an adjusting screw 18 threadpear hereinafter.

ed through a suitable block 19 carried by the board 16. Arranged transversely on the lower side of the inner end of the board 16 is a strip 20 which carries a pair of screw bolts 21 the heads of which project above the board 16 for a purpose which will ap- Secured to the end wall of the housing, below the pivot of the board 14 is a transverse strip 22, this strip also carrying a pair of screw bolts 23, the heads of which project inwardly from the inner face of said strip.

a A concave 24, formed of any suitable ma terial, but preferably heavy sheet metal has one of its ends bent at an angle to the body of the plate as indicated at 25, and provided with a pair of openings 26, this portion 25 resting on the lower end of the board 16, and receiving the bolts 21 through the openings 26 thereof. The plate 24 is bowed under, and spaced concentrically from the cylinder, and has in its other end the key-hole slots 27 which are engaged over the headed ends of the bolts 23. Thus the concave is disposed in proper spaced relation around the lower portion of the cylinder and supported at its opposite ends. By rotating the screw 18, the end 25 of the concave can be raised and lowered to move the concave toward and away from the cylinder to regulate the space therebetween for different sized nuts.

In the end wall of the casing below the strip 22 is formed a discharge opening 28 for the shells and chafi' of the nuts, and inclining downwardly from the lower side of this opening and terminating below a nut discharging opening in the opposite end of the housing i a baffle or slide 30. Mounted in the housing above the opening 29 is a fan casing 31, this casing having a revolving fan 32 arranged therein and mounted on a transverse shaft 33. At the lower side of the inner portion of the casing 31 is an air discharge spout 34, this spout discharging upwardly against the slide 30 and in the direction of the opening 28 for blowing the shells and chaff out of the housing. Secured to the inner portion ofthe housing 31 and extending inwardly toward the slide 30 is a baffle 35 so arranged as to deflect the shells and kernels onto the slide 30 across the current of air issuing from the spout 34. The shells will be blown through the opening 28, while the kernels will roll down the slide 30 out of the opening 29 where they will be shown.)

To treat nuts of various sizes-I provide a plurality of concaves 24 having openings of different sizes, and by means of the openings 26 and the key hole slots 27 the different concaves 24 are readily made interchangeable. 3

7 By means of the screw 18 the concave can be quickly and easily raised and lowered toward and away from the cylinder, so that more or less pressure can be exerted on the nuts as they pass between the cylinder and concave. 1 j I By the pivotal arrangement of: the feed boards 14 and 1.6, ready access can be had to the interior of the housing to clean or,

repair the parts.

l Vhile tent of the claim What is claimed, is': v 1. In nut shelling machine, a corrugated cylinder, p-ivotally mounted and oppositely extending ,feed boards, means for I have shown the concave as. formed of a sheet of perforated metal, I wish it understood that I may use heavy woven wire fabric with equal facility and without departing from the spirit and in adjusting one of the feed boards, and a concave having one end removably secured to -the adjustable feed board, and the other end removably supported on the housing.

2. In a nut shelling machine, a housing, a longitudinally corrugated cylinder mounted in thehousing, a swinging adjustable feed board mounted in the housing and having one of its ends arranged adjacent the cylinder, headed fastening devices carried by the end of said feed board, headed devices mounted onthe housing at the oppositeside of the cylinder, and a foraminous concave disposed under and spaced from the lower portion of the cylinder, one end of the concave having a lateral flange: provided with openings for the reception of the fastening devices of the feed board, the opposite end of the concave having openings for receiving the headsof the other fastening devices.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN T. HUSTON; ,VVitnesses: I

; SYD L. -OLIVER,

- 1 WILLIAM V. HENSON Copies 01 this patent may be obtained for the cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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